RandyAB
Well-Known Member
I just kegged a 15 gal batch of this recipe. On brewday I hit the numbers pretty much dead on and the beer finished where it should have. I must say that I was a little disappointed. I had previously brewed Biermuncher's Nierra Sevada Pale Ale and I found this recipe very close in taste. Has anybody else noticed this? The hop character is a bit too sharp for me and I'm thinking that it must be the Cascade hops that I'm not overly fond of.
When I originally brewed the Nierra Sevada I was a surprised by the hop profile and was wondering if I got it right. Instead of Pearl I used Northern in that recipe. Being in Canada I had never had the original Sierra Nevada before but when I was in Florida last fall I had the chance to sample it and found that the clone recipe was pretty close. I felt relieved that I hadn't screwed it up somehow.
Anyway, I'm thinking that I'm not a hophead. Personally I don't find the more hoppy beers "go down" quite as smoothly.........To each there own.
When I originally brewed the Nierra Sevada I was a surprised by the hop profile and was wondering if I got it right. Instead of Pearl I used Northern in that recipe. Being in Canada I had never had the original Sierra Nevada before but when I was in Florida last fall I had the chance to sample it and found that the clone recipe was pretty close. I felt relieved that I hadn't screwed it up somehow.
Anyway, I'm thinking that I'm not a hophead. Personally I don't find the more hoppy beers "go down" quite as smoothly.........To each there own.